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Teaching, Vol 8, No. 2 x The Teaching Librarian ONTARIO SCHOOL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION A component association of the Ontario Library Association 100 Lombard Street, Suite 303 Toronto, ON M5C 1M3 Phone: (416) 363-3388 Phone: 1-866-873-9867 toll free FAX: (416) 941-9581 FAX: 1-800-387-1181 toll free E-mail: info@accessola.com URL: http://www.accessOLA.com Published three times a year for members of the Ontario School Library Association to support its members in pro- viding significant and effective library programs and ser- vices in the schools of Ontario. The Teaching Librarian promotes library curriculum program and development that will further the objectives set out for students by the province, school boards, administrators, teachers and parents. It fosters more effective partnering with teachers and administrators, and provides a forum in which teacher-librarians can share experience and expertise. THE TEACHING LIBRARIAN EDITORIAL BOARD Sandra Hughes, Editor Marlene Turkington Cheryl Dinnin Jo-Anne LaForty Sya Van Geest Stephanie Parcher Esther Rosenfeld 2001 OSLA COUNCIL Sya Van Geest, President/Advocacy portfolio E-mail: syavg@home.com Esther Rosenfeld, Vice-President/Partners portfolio Toronto District School Board Tel: (416) 395-5151 FAX: (416) 395-5173 E-mail: esther.rosenfeld@tdsb.on.ca Jo-Anne LaForty, Past President Toronto District School Board Tel: (416) 396-8564 FAX: (416) 396-6773 E-mail: laforty@durham.net Sheila Jankowski, Secretary-Treasurer Avon Maitland District School Board Kendra Godin-Svoboda, @ your library portfolio Durham District School Board Flavia Renon, Communications portfolio Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Michelle Regina, Summer Institute portfolio York Catholic District School Board Bobbie Henley, Special projects portfolio Grand Erie District School Board Cheryl Dinnin, Publications portfolio Thames Valley District School Board Joyce Cunningham, Membership portfolio Rainy River District School Board Rose Dodgson, Super Conference portfolio Toronto District School Board The Teaching Librarian is included in OSLA membership. Also available by subscription for $36.00 per year, plus GST. To order subscriptions or article reprints, contact: OLA Publications 100 Lombard Street, Suite 303 Toronto, ON M5C 1M3 Ext. 21 at (416) 363-3388 or 1-866-873-9867 E-mail: <membership@accessola.com> Cover photo: Angela Di Prima working with a student at Father Bressani High School in Woodbridge. P. 22, 27. FEATURE: MAKING A DIFFERENCE 4 Editor's Message: Making a Difference by Sandra Hughes, Editor, The Teaching Librarian 4 Quiz: What Kind of a Person Makes a Difference? by Marlene Turkington, Thames Valley District School Board 6 Making a Difference: A Classroom Teacher's Perspective by Patricia Robson, Grade 2 Teacher, Parkview Public School, London 7 Jean Harris: A Career That Has Made A Difference by Doreen Procter, Prince Charles Elementary School, Brantford 8 Who Knows That You Make a Difference? by Don Hamilton, Retired, University of Victoria 10 Collective Expertise Can Make Even More Difference by W. John Laughlin, Director, Thames Valley District School Board FEATURE: TL2 12 A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words... Putting Great Pictures on Your Library Web Site by Diane Bédard, Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board ISSUES 16 The Time is Right ... Standards for School Library Information Centres by Rose Dotten, University of Toronto Schools and Elizabeth Kerr, Kawartha-Pine Ridge District School Board 19 Concern for School Libraries: Shared by the Entire Library Community Results from the OLA Annual General Meeting and Policy Forum 20 Restructuring OSLA Council to Meet Ever-Growing Challenges CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS: 22 Coded Expectations and the Implementation of Information Studies by Angela Di Prima, Father Bressani High School, Woodbridge 25 Curriculum Planning for Student Success by Sya Van Geest, OSLA President 2000-2001 PROFESSIONAL NOTES 27 Reflections of a First-Year Teacher-Librarian by Angela Di Prima, Father Bressani High School, Woodbridge 29 Professional Development with Pizzazz and a Mythological Meal by Sharon Weames, Thames Valley District School Board PROFESSIONAL REVIEWS 31 New and Recommended by Marlene Turkington, Thames Valley District School Board and Gerald Brown, Consultant 33 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE by Sya Van Geest, OSLA President 2000-2001 SPECIAL INSERT Video Guide to School Library Information Centres / The New Secondary School Curriculum: For Teachers by Teachers. Please retrieve the insert from misprinted issue. THE TEACHING LIBRARIAN The Magazine of the Ontario School Library Association Winter 2001 Volume 8, Number 2 ISSN 1188 679X